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Albion, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Albion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83311. It stands on Land Creek. The Survey maps it on the Albion quadrangle. 234 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,724 feet above sea level.

Albion within Cassia County

On record in Albion

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Albion fell from 267 to 234 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010267
2020234-33 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Albion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,321 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural13
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2007Natural10 acresIdaho Falls DistrictRURAL ASSIST 11
9 August 1997Debris and open burning580 acresTwin Falls DistrictHWY77MP20
5 August 2012Natural4.6 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSOUTH HOT WELL
5 August 1994Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictALBION
4 August 2015Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictPINE KNOB
31 August 2015Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictPOTTER
29 August 2001Natural4.9 acresTwin Falls DistrictMARSHCREEK
21 August 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictCOTTERELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cassia County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Albion: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Marble, Dimension, Silver, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitClayUnknown
Marble QuarryMarble, Dimension, LeadPast ProducerMetamorphic
Old Dominion MineSilver, Lead, CopperPast Producer1888
Old Dominion MineLead, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Unnamed LocationLeadOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cassia County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2005Flash FloodAlbion$6,500Marsh Creek in Albion flooded. A culvert was washed and one home was flooded.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAlbion-A 59 mph wind gust recorded at Connor Summit on Idaho 77.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindAlbion-A 58 mph wind gust measured off of 950 S.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindAlbion-A private weather station measured a 65 mph wind gust near Highway 77.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAlbion-A large tree was uprooted by thunderstorm winds in Albion.
September 2012Tornado (EF0)Albion-A weak tonado was confirmed with photographs about 4 to 5 miles east northeast of Albion. It was in open land and did no damage.
August 2007HailAlbion-One inch hail was reported at the Albion post office by a weather spotter.
August 1997HailAlbion-Dime-size hail reported by two storm spotters in Albion. Hail accumulated to one inch.
June 2004HailAlbion-no account filed
June 2004HailAlbion-no account filed
June 1998HailAlbion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cassia County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
View6.8 miles11
Declo7.8 miles10
Springdale9.3 miles10
Idahome9.5 miles8
Cotterel9.6 miles9
Connor10.0 miles10
Hazel (historical)10.1 miles9
Elba11.4 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AlbionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1513337The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397366. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.